20 January - 2 February
‘Colours of Year of the Rat 2020’ exhibition
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Co-organised by the Da Nang Fine Arts Association and the city-based Fine Arts Museum, a painting exhibition entitled ‘Colours of Year of the Rat 2020’ display over 40 works by local painters, and other 50 ones by local children. They varied their displayed works from oil paints to synthetic charcoal, watercolours, wood carving, and more.
Most of the displayed paintings take the inspiration from the rat because 2020 is Year of the Rat.
Open until Saturday 8 February
The Fine Arts Museum, 78 Le Duan Street
Free admission
Spring Newspaper Festival 2020
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On display at the event are copies of over 160 Tet magazines from 40 press agencies nationwide.
Open until Thursday 30 January
General Science Library, 46 Bach Dang
Free admission
Musical performance entitled ‘Colours of Spring’ to ring in Lunar New Year
Friday 24 January from 10pm to midnight
A park near the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
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Free to watch
Spectacular fireworks shows to welcome in the Lunar New Year 2020
The city’s skyline will be lit up with 3 spectacular fireworks displays to welcome in the Lunar New Year on Lunar New Year’s Eve, which will fall on 25 January.
The 15-minute-long fireworks shows will take place at Nguyen Van Troi Bridge, the Kim Long Nam
Project’s vacant land area in front of the Lien Chieu District Administration Centre, and a vacant land area in front of the Hoa Vang District Administration Centre.
Spring Flower Festival 2020
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During that period, as many as 1,000 bonsai works, rockeries, miniatures, and decorated stones will be displayed, whilst a photo exhibition about the city’s tangible and its intangible cultural heritages will be organised, at the park. Also at the park, a bird-singing contest and a number of musical performances will be organised.
Thursday 23 to Wednesday 29 January
The 29 March Park
Free admission
Finals of the 2020 Artistic Talent Competition
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On Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 January (4th and 5th days of the 1st lunar month)
At a public park near the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
Free to watch
A musical performance themed ‘Da Nang Welcomes in Spring’
Saturday 1 February (8th day of the 1st lunar month)
At a public park near the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
Free to watch
‘The Soul of Viet Nam’ traditional arts show
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The 60-minute show is deeply imbued with distinctive cultural Vietnamese traditions, especially those of the Quang Nam – Da Nang land.
During the show, the audience will be offered a chance to discover the quintessence of Tuong traditional arts via popular extracts and typical make-up methods of this stage performing arts form.
Besides, arts lovers will be treated to the festive atmosphere of the rural area in the old days, and immerse themselves into the melodies of such traditional Vietnamese musical instruments as monochord and lithophone consisting of pieces of rock which are struck to produce musical notes.
Starting at 7.45pm everyday (except for Wednesdays), and at 5.30pm on Sundays
Nguyen Hien Dinh Tuong Theatre, 155 Phan Chau Trinh
Tickets, priced at 300,000 VND per person, can be bought at the theatre
‘Charming Da Nang’ musical programme
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This 60-minute programme opens with a stage presentation highlighting the city’s most impressive sites such as the Da Nang International Airport, the Han River, and high-rises. It is followed by delightful performances of singing, dancing, and playing traditional Vietnamese musical instruments.
Each of them showcases the culture and beauty of Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole. Interestingly, there is a song named ‘Charming Da Nang’ which was written specifically for this programme.
Open daily at 4.30pm and 5.40pm
The Labour Culture House, 2 Cach Mang Thang Tam
Tickets, priced at 400,000 VND for per foreigner and at 200,000 VND for per Vietnamese visitor, can be bought at the Culture House.
Dragon’s head breathes fire and squirts water
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Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 January 9.00pm
The eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
Free to watch
Han River Bridge swings open
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 January 11.00pm
The Han River Bridge
Free to watch
Movies:
Pets United
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‘Pets United’, follows a group of spoiled, selfish pets, led by glamour pussy-cat Belle, who are stranded in a luxury hangout after all humans flee from a robot invasion. Belle, boisterous bush pig Sophie and royal poodle Ronald, join forces with street dog Roger and his buddy Bob to survive and save their homes — and maybe the world.
From Saturday 25 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
Metiz Cinema, on the first floor of the Helio Centre, 2 September Street
100,000 VND per ticket
Dolittle
Dr. John Dolittle lives in solitude behind the high walls of his lush manor in 19th-century England. His only companionship comes from an array of exotic animals that he speaks to on a daily basis. But when young Queen Victoria becomes gravely ill, the eccentric doctor and his furry friends embark on an epic adventure to a mythical island to find the cure.
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From Saturday 25 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
Metiz Cinema, on the first floor of the Helio Centre, 2 September Street
100,000 VND per ticket
Tootsies & The Fake
This is the first time the tootsie gang will be raising hell on the big screen after becoming a homegrown Thai TV sensation. The three famously funny tootsies, Gus, Golf, Kim and their resident femme, Natty are on a mission improbable to “fake it until they make it”.
From Saturday 25 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
Metiz Cinema, on the first floor of the Helio Centre, 2 September Street
100,000 VND per ticket
The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful
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Ghost Fingers’ (KWON Sang Woo) lost everything due to the game of Go. When he loses his master Hur Il-do (KIM Sung Kyun), whom he relied on, he lives alone and plots his revenge against the world. One’s fate is decided on God’s gambling table! Putting himself in harm’s way, Ghost Fingers travels all over the country seeking other Go players and puts on fierce battles on the Go board…Can he pull off the divine move once again?
From Friday 31 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
Metiz Cinema, on the first floor of the Helio Centre, 2 September Street
100,000 VND per ticket
Gretel & Hansel
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A long time ago, in a cursed land, a young girl and her little brother are forced from their family home to search for food and work. Despite assistance from a noble huntsman, they become disorientated and lost in a deep, dark forest. When they stumble across a magical cottage, inhabited by a seemingly kind old woman, Gretel & Hansel believe they have found sanctuary. But the woman’s limitless feasts in a time of famine, and her home’s strange murmurings of lost children and magical incarnations, suggests all may not be what it seems. Can Gretel protect her younger brother? Something wicked this way comes, in this dark reimagining of a classic fairy tale.
From Friday 31 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
Metiz Cinema, on the first floor of the Helio Centre, 2 September Street
100,000 VND per ticket
Ashfall
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An unexpected eruption of Korea’s tallest volcano, which straddles the China-North Korea border, leaves the Korean peninsula in shambles. Seismologists warn this is only the preliminary eruption - A devastating super eruption is still to come.
From Friday 31 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
Metiz Cinema, on the first floor of the Helio Centre, 2 September Street
100,000 VND per ticket
By MAI DUNG